Through the first nine months of the year, GroupM's MediaCom is the top media agency in new business results, according to a report just issued from agency tracker COMvergence. Read the full story by Steve McClellan
The forthcoming tool shows which of the Kremlin-powered Internet Research Agency Facebook Pages and Instagram accounts users may have liked or followed between January 2015 and August 2017. "It is … Read the full story by Gavin O'Malley
Search has become a top driver for retailers, according to the data. Paid search at 22.2% and organic search at 19.5% drive a good chunk of retail sales. Direct traffic … Read the full story by Laurie Sullivan
It's depressing to contemplate the totality of our complicity in the state of the world, and not just in the context of historical atrocities. It's depressing for me to consider … Read the full story by Kaila Colbin
The flood of sex-harassment stories, opinionated talk shows masquerading as "news," and unchecked violence, sex, profanity and misery depicted today don't leave me feeling very thankful for TV lately. Read the full story by Adam Buckman
The Federal Communications Commission is moving forward with Chairman Ajit Pai's plan to dismantle the Obama-era net neutrality rules. Read the full story by Wendy Davis
I hate shopping. Let me clarify: I hate the physical experience of shopping. I find no joy in a mall. I avoid department stores like the plague. If I can … Read the full story by Gord Hotchkiss
Dish Network isn't running CBS stations and its three cable networks as of early Tuesday, due to an impasse on carriage fees. Read the full story by Wayne Friedman
The United States Supreme Court will hear arguments at the end of the month for a case that could potentially impact the way marketers use location data for geotargeting. Read the full story by Jess Nelson
Another strange twist has occurred in the fight over Japanese ad agency ADK, as WPP agrees to tender its shares, with the option of potentially reinvesting in the agency through … Read the full story by Richard Whitman
We asked Candace Corlett, president of WSL Retail, a New York-based consulting firm, to weigh in on what -- if anything -- is really different for consumers this season. Read the full story by Sarah Mahoney
The U.S. Department of Justice on Monday sued to block AT&T's $85 billion merger with Time Warner on the grounds that the deal will decrease competition and result in higher … Read the full story by Wendy Davis
Remember: Video isn't free to make. Video isn't free to store. Video isn't free to deliver. As long as YouTube continues to rely on its big brother Google's ad revenue … Read the full story by Steven Rosenbaum
Fox is considering selling many of its non-sports, non-news TV businesses, which essentially splits the company in half -- leaving $45 billion in sports and news assets. Read the full story by Wayne Friedman
The Franken sex-harassment story is reviving memories of what it was like to cover Franken when he was a lowly TV star and not an august lion of the Senate. Read the full story by Adam Buckman
"Using targeted ads, it is simply far too easy for foreign governments to deliver malicious code directly to the computers of government employees," Senator Ron Wyden says. Read the full story by Wendy Davis
Pivotal analyst Brian Wieser is out with a Q3 rundown of organic revenue growth that estimates combined growth of just 0.5% for WPP, Omnicom, Interpublic, Publicis and Havas. Read the full story by Richard Whitman